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I Remember Elephants

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In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. A laughing matter (Japan was first to laugh at it, saying it doesn’t give a …, well, not in those exact words). Another ellie is being killed as you read this line.

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Gantheaume Point shorebirds

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The 2016 tide chart is also useful if you want to see the dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point, because you need the tide to be below 2.16m for them to be visible and due care is required over slippery rocks. The Terek Sandpiper flagged in Japan was also present on the rocks! Urgent need to feed once the tide turns!

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. Ackerman skirts around a related problem, the trade in owls in markets in southeast Asia and Japan, an outgrowth of Harry Potter mania. They are also hunted.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan. She’s described conservation successes in detail–the Bald Eagle, the Short-tailed Albatross, now protected in Japan. by Caroline Fox.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Since 2016, the Rustic Bunting has been listed as Vulnerable, as data suggested rapid population declines (HBW). Acariformes: Syringophilidae) from the Chestnut-eared Bunting (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Japan (morphology and DNA barcode data)” Ah, to be a scientist. led its listing as Vulnerable.

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